breach of contract lawsuit

... appropriate sanction, which may range from dismissal of a lawsuit to an assessment of attorney's fees. Although the "American Rule" ... District Court did not attempt to sanction Chambers for breach of contract, but rather imposed sanctions for the fraud he ...

... imposition of personal liability on respondents for a contractual obligation to pay money§ 502(a)(3) does not authorize this ... reimbursement provision that is the basis for the present lawsuit. This provides that the Plan shall have "the right to recover ... than compensation for loss resulting from the defendant's breach of legal duty." Bowen v. Massachusetts, 487 U.S. 879, 918-919 ...

...276. Based on "the familiar rul[e] of equity that a contract to convey a specific object even before it is acquired will make ... from "[a]ll recoveries from a third party (whether by lawsuit, settlement, or otherwise)." App. to Pet. for Cert. 38a. The ... , at 210, 122 S.Ct. 708. It alleged breach of contract and sought money, to be sure, but it sought its ...

..., among other things, fraud, misrepresentation, and breach of contract. Id. at 35. After the District ... analysis of the statute as it existed at the time of this lawsuit. See, e.g., H.R.Rep. No. 102-40, pt. 1, pp. 645, U.S.Code Cong. ...

...Lucente on his breach of contract claim and dismissing IBM's breach of contract ... the theory of anticipatory repudiation when he filed this lawsuit. Under an anticipatory repudiation theory, a plaintiff who elects ...

... Without signing a formal stevedoring contract or an express indemnity agreement, a stevedoring contractor ... the shipowner for damages caused it by the contractor's breach of its contract to stow the cargo properly and safely. Pp. ... themselves without work pending the trial of lengthy lawsuits. Yet, if an employee accepts a compensation award, only his ...

... violations and with interfering with Kelco's contractual relations in violation of Vermont tort law. A jury found BFI ... we today would consider minor criminal offenses, such as breach of the King's peace with force and arms, to "civil" wrongs ...In a diversity action, or in any other lawsuit where state law provides the [109 S.Ct. 2922] basis of decision, ...

... fifty other appellants challenge the dismissal of their lawsuit against BellSouth Telecommunications ("BellSouth"), and Sarah ... or she received under the agreement, and warned that any breach of this confidentiality provision would result. . in the ... for tortious interference with advantageous contractual and business relationships (Count XV), and claims against the ...

... judgment in favor of the defendants on Hukic's claims for breach of contract, tortious interference, and violation of the Fair ... federal courts have original jurisdiction is when the lawsuit is between " citizens of different States" and the amount in ...

..., federal law governs the employee's cause of action for breach of that duty. Pp. 176-177. 2. Although the NLRB ... in an employee's suit against his employer for breach of contract under § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, the employee ... sidestep available grievance procedures in favor of a lawsuit." Id. at 653. Noting that. it cannot be said . . . that ...

... petitioner in Federal District Court, alleging tort and breach of contract claims under Mississippi common law for petitioner's ... arguable basis to deny it as acting in "bad faith," and a lawsuit based upon such an arbitrary refusal as a "bad faith" cause of ...

... his patent, and that Lear's failure to pay royalties breached the 1955 contract and Lear's quasi -contractual obligations. ...At every stage of this lawsuit, Lear has sought to prove that, despite the grant of a patent. ...

... establishes that petitioner has raised and preserved the contract claim that, because of patent invalidity, unenforceability, and ... . licensee to terminate or be in breach of its license agreement before it can seek a declaratory ...507, a year before the lawsuit was filed; and the lessee never even bothered to approach the ...

....2d 523] its attorneys (collectively Car­lisle), filed a lawsuit in Ohio state court on behalf of a mortgage com­pany to ...See id., at 1600 ("An infraction or breach of the law; a transgression, " def. 1). The statutory term ... creditor's reliance, in selecting language for credit contract forms, on a pamphlet issued by the Federal Reserve Board); ...

...Background . A. Underlying Lawsuits . This insurance coverage and bad faith ...Additionally, the Densmore Lawsuit alleged that the breaches by Manzarek and his band caused Densmore to suffer economic ...Paul for (1) breach of contract; (2) breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair ...

... discrimination in the making and enforcement of private contracts. Stare decisis compels the Court to adhere to that ... the contract relation has been established, including breach of the contract's terms or the imposition of discriminatory ...We recognize, too, that the filing of a lawsuit might tend to deter efforts at conciliation, that a lack of ...